here's how i see it:
at large teams (in):
nyu (beat emory and cmu at UAA)
wash U. (beat tons of ranked teams at regions, beat brandeis at UAA)
st. olaf (beat st. thomas at MIAC)
hamline (beat st. thomas at MIAC)
haverford (beat dickinson at regions)
dickinson (beat haverford at centennial)
u-w platteville (beat eau-claire at regions, second at wiac, beat nebraska wesleyan at jim drews)
eau-claire (beat hamline and st. olaf at jim drews)
keene state (beat brandeis at regions)
colorado college (beat whitworth at regions, beat trinity (TX) at SCACs)
RIT (beat st. lawrence at regions, won empire 8, beat brandeis at albany)
st. lawrence (beat RIT at saratoga, small point gap at regions)
brandeis (sixth at UAAs but small point gap to keene)
bowdoin (fifth at nescacs but small point gap to keene)
whitworth (tiny gap to CC, beat pomona-pitzer at regions)
at large teams (bubble):
manchester (beat mt. union at regions with big point gap but equally large gap to heidelberg)
elizabethtown (beat mt. union at oberlin, but huge gap to dickinson)
at large teams (out):
pomona-pitzer (small point gap to cms at SCIACs but big gap to whitworth at regions)
mt. union (big point gap)
case western (last in UAAs)
grinnell (medium point gap, lost to several non-qualifiers at brooks, lost to olivet nazarene at augustana)
trinity (TX) (lost to colorado college at SCACs)
mary washington (lost to trinity)
va wesleyan (lost to trinity)